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Which Side Are We On?

"One flew east, one flew west"

"And one flew over the cuckoo's nest"

Lilly Brown

I don't think the book should be banned from public libraries, high school libraries or middle school libraries. Some people might think this book should be banned because of its racial slurs, language, and sense of rebellion against authority. I don't think that the language is severe enough to ban it from schools. High school students would be hearing that stuff anyways.

Olivia Mink

I don't think this book should be banned from public libraries. Most people know what they are getting into before they read a book. Most people could be offended of the language choice but as a high school student, it's not like you haven't heard any of this language before.

Olivia Niemann

I don't think this book should be banned from public or school libraries. i can see how some parents may find the language and situations inappropriate for younger audiences, However

for high school and middle schooler's have most likely already been exposed to that kind of language. i enjoyed reading this book and feel that they should be able to make their own choice with parents approval on weather or not they should be allowed to read this book.

Outside Sources

"The words and scenes don't bother me," said Jennifer, 17, of Anaheim. "It's like TV today. It's not anything different. There are other, worse books, and curse words you hear daily." She said the book gave her insight into mental institutions and that she liked the characters' carefree quality, even though they were ill.

"I don't want to put these kinds of images in children's minds. They're going to think that when they get mad at their parents, they can just ax them out."

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Literary Criticism

Ken Kesey

Mr. Kesey gives us many amusing scenes which are “black“—Big Nurse for example, informs Billy, the whore's betrothed, that she is going to tell his mother!—but he knows that if we can laugh at the unreality around us, we retain our humanity. Gothic and comedy are Janus-faced. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is an honest, claustrophobic, stylistically brilliant first novel which makes us shiver as we laugh—paradoxically, it keeps us “in balance” by revealing our madness. Malin, Irving. "Ken Kesey: 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'." Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction 5.2 (Fall 1962): 81-84. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Roger Matuz and Cathy Falk. Vol. 64. Detroit: Gale Research,

Mr. Kesey writes with both anger and compassion, with severe irony and broad, congenial humor. Following him with the involvement his style demands, one cannot but experience a vision that is truly authoritative and original. Sassoon, R. L. "Review of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Northwest Review 6.2 (Spring 1963): 116-120. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Roger Matuz and Cathy Falk. Vol. 64. Detroit: Gale Research,

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Where and When is it banned?

  • Challenged in the Greeley, CO public school district (1971) as a non-required American Culture reading.
  • In 1974, five residents of Strongsville, OH, sued the board of education to remove the novel. labeling it "pornographic".
  • Removed from public school libraries in Randolph, NY, and Alton, OK (1975), and Removed from the required reading list in Westpor, MA (1977).

Why is it banned?

  • Challenged at the Merrimack, NH High School (1982) and Aberdeen, WA (1986) because the book promotes “secular humanism”.

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kensey

was banned for serveral reasons. It was labeled "pornographic,"

and the novel "glorifies criminal activity, has a tendency to

corrupt juveniles and contains descriptions of bestiality,

bizarre violence, and torture, dismemberment, death, and

human elimination."

What is this book about?

It follows the experiences of Randle Patrick McMurphy, who faked insanity in order to serve out his prison sentence in the easy, comforts of a mental hospital- or so he thought. The novel constantly refers to authorities that control individuals through subtle methods. The authority of The Combine is most often personified in the character of “Nurse Ratched” as she controls the inhabitants of the mental ward through a method of rewards and shame. Her actions are more sinister than those of a conventional prison administrator, as this subtlety in her actions prevents her prisoners from seeing that they are being controlled at all.

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